Though I am quite capable of driving a car on habit while maintaining awareness, when I have a challenging road I enter that sort of dynamic peace in my head. When I'm troubled or stressed, I've been known to go out to the twistiest road I can find, because there I can ignore the speed limit (it's often at or below what I feel is safe, especially at night) and immerse myself in the running calculations I need to stay moving and safe. It's a sort of meditation for me, which clears my mind of what's bothering me and gives me space to be in the moment. Often I'll run trance music, which requires no attention from me but acts like a chant to order my mind.
I'm aware that I will never be a motorcycle person -- I'm sufficiently risk-averse that the stakes of catastrophic failure don't appeal to me -- but with a good manual automobile I can zone out and get out of my own head. I think everybody needs that sometimes.
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Date: 2010-05-30 05:24 pm (UTC)I'm aware that I will never be a motorcycle person -- I'm sufficiently risk-averse that the stakes of catastrophic failure don't appeal to me -- but with a good manual automobile I can zone out and get out of my own head. I think everybody needs that sometimes.